Task force trains female engagement team members

Female Engagement Teams

Cpl. Alice Curtis searches the interior of a vehicle during Female Engagement Team training at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Sept. 17. Five military intelligence analysts from the 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division were the first to participate in a new CJTF Paladin three-day training course for FET members.

Ed Drohan | U.S. Army

Female Engagement Teams

Staff Sgt. Melissa Telford searches the interior of a vehicle during Female Engagement Team training at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Sept. 17. Five military intelligence analysts from the 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division were the first to participate in a new CJTF Paladin three-day training course for FET members.

Ed Drohan

Female Engagement Teams

Combined Joint Task Force trainer Jean Paul Stassi explains the fundamentals of fingerprinting to U.S. Army Sgt. Katherine Restko, Staff Sgt. Melissa Telford, Cpl. Alice Curtis, Sgt. Leah Mallett and Spc. Jenna Bruxvoort during Female Engagement Team training at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Sept. 16. The military intelligence analysts from the 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division were the first to participate in a new three-day training course for FET members.

After 20 hours of travel, by plane and bus, I finally made it to Camp Casey, South Korea with the remainder of Fort Hood’s 1st Brigade Combat Team soldiers. For the next several days, I will be following the mission and daily lives of Ironhorse troopers as they begin a nine-month rotation in the land of the morning calm.